Washington Post army of reporters to dig into Trump’s past while working on the ‘essence’ of Hillary

     “There’s a lot we don’t know. We have 20 people working on Trump, we’re going to do a book, we’re doing articles about every phase of his life.” – Bob Woodward

During an appearance on Fox’s Media Buzz this morning, host Howard Kurtz asked the Washington Post’s Bob Woodward about the report that his newspaper has a team of 20 reporters assigned to a Donald Trump book project. The paper will also periodically publish findings in the Post. Continue reading

Recalling the concern I had about Ben Rhodes

We learned that the New York Times will be publishing a story on Sunday about Ben Rhodes, a foreign policy advisor to President Obama, duping the public on the Iran nuclear deal by creating a false narrative. According to leaked information, the story will reveal how Rhodes pushed information leading us to believe the administration was dealing with Iranian moderates, while we were actually talking to the ayatollahs. It is sure to be a major topic in the news in the days ahead. Continue reading

Trump the ‘presumptive’ nominee?

Presumptive … presumed in the absence of further information – Oxford dictionary

 “I consider myself the presumptive nominee,” Donald Trump declared following his sweep of the five east coast primaries, “As far as I’m concerned, it’s over.”

Personally, I am not a Trump fan. I just cannot get past his boorish bragging, his callous insults and his inability to articulate policy specifics. I’m not alone. A friend has been sending me articles on Trump, saying “I’m still learning to love him because I may have to vote for him.” Continue reading

Trump is the desperate one in the race

We’ve been inundated with fawning reports of Donald Trump’s big wins on the east coast earlier this week, but do you know that Hillary Clinton beat him soundly with the popular vote in those five states? Earlier in New York, Clinton’s adopted home state, she trounced Trump in his home state 1,054,000 to 525,000.  Democrat delegates in New York more than double those of the Republican Party. Continue reading